Randi Ulberg
- Professor Child and adolescent psychiatry, UiO and OUS
Randi Ulberg - Institutt for klinisk medisin (uio.no)
Research interests: Psychotherapy, mechanisms in psychotherapy, treatment of non-psychotic disorders
Publications 2024
"It takes time to see the whole picture": patients' views on improvement in cognitive behavioral therapy and psychodynamic therapy after three years
Front Psychiatry, 15, 1342950
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1342950, PubMed 38559399
Mediators of Outcome in Trauma-Focused Psychotherapy with Youth: A Systematic Review
Trauma Violence Abuse, 25 (4), 2672-2688
DOI 10.1177/15248380231223264, PubMed 38281152
Publications 2023
Mediators of outcome in adolescent psychotherapy and their implications for theories and mechanisms of change: a systematic review
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry (in press)
DOI 10.1007/s00787-023-02186-9, PubMed 36918434
Publications 2022
Therapists' Emotional Responses in Individual Therapy with Depressed Adolescents: An Evaluation of the Data Structure of the Feeling-Word Checklist-28
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 19 (15)
DOI 10.3390/ijerph19159496, PubMed 35954850
Examining Psychotherapeutic Processes with Depressed Adolescents: A Comparative Study of Two Psychodynamic Therapies
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 19 (24)
DOI 10.3390/ijerph192416939, PubMed 36554820
Parental Bonding and Relationships with Friends and Siblings in Adolescents with Depression
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 19 (11)
DOI 10.3390/ijerph19116530, PubMed 35682114
Psychological Interventions for Young People With Psychotic Disorders: A Systematic Review
Front Psychiatry, 13, 859042
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.859042, PubMed 35401253
Personality Disorders as a Possible Moderator of the Effects of Relational Interventions in Short-Term Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Depressed Adolescents
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 19 (17)
DOI 10.3390/ijerph191710952, PubMed 36078667
How therapists in cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic therapy reflect upon the use of metaphors in therapy: a qualitative study
BMC Psychiatry, 22 (1), 433
DOI 10.1186/s12888-022-04083-y, PubMed 35761306
Therapist-guided internet-based psychodynamic therapy versus cognitive behavioural therapy for adolescent depression in Sweden: a randomised, clinical, non-inferiority trial
Lancet Digit Health, 4 (8), e594-e603
DOI 10.1016/S2589-7500(22)00095-4, PubMed 35803894
Theories of Change and Mediators of Psychotherapy Effectiveness in Adolescents With Externalising Behaviours: A Systematic Review
Front Psychiatry, 12, 730921
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.730921, PubMed 35095586
Editorial: Individualized Psychotherapy Treatment of Young People With Mental Disorders
Front Psychol, 13, 838296
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.838296, PubMed 35401374
Do Sleep Disturbances Improve Following Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy for Adolescent Depression?
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 19 (3)
DOI 10.3390/ijerph19031790, PubMed 35162813
Inter-Rater Reliability of the Structured Interview of DSM-IV Personality (SIDP-IV) in an Adolescent Outpatient Population
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 19 (19)
DOI 10.3390/ijerph191912283, PubMed 36231585
[The exam as an arena for learning]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 142 (11)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.22.0489, PubMed 35997186
Burnout among psychotherapists: a cross-cultural value survey among 12 European countries during the coronavirus disease pandemic
Sci Rep, 12 (1), 13527
DOI 10.1038/s41598-022-17669-z, PubMed 35941352
Subjective well-being among psychotherapists during the coronavirus disease pandemic: A cross-cultural survey from 12 european countries
J Psychiatr Res, 154, 315-323
DOI 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.07.065, PubMed 35994913
Publications 2021
Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Mental Health Outcomes among Youth: A Rapid Narrative Review
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 18 (11)
DOI 10.3390/ijerph18116067, PubMed 34199896
Mediators in Psychological Treatments for Anxiety and Depression in Adolescents and Young People: A Protocol of a Systematic Review
Front Psychol, 12, 708436
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.708436, PubMed 34367033
Young People Who Meaningfully Improve Are More Likely to Mutually Agree to End Treatment
Front Psychol, 12, 641770
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.641770, PubMed 33889114
Psychotherapy Dropout: Using the Adolescent Psychotherapy Q-Set to Explore the Early In-Session Process of Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Front Psychol, 12, 708401
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.708401, PubMed 34744869
Conflicted Anger as a Central Dynamic in Depression in Adolescents-A Double Case Study
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 18 (12)
DOI 10.3390/ijerph18126466, PubMed 34203924
Digging down or scratching the surface: how patients use metaphors to describe their experiences of psychotherapy
BMC Psychiatry, 21 (1), 533
DOI 10.1186/s12888-021-03551-1, PubMed 34706691
Mechanisms of change and heterogeneous treatment effects in psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural therapy for patients with depressive disorder: a randomized controlled trial
BMC Psychol, 9 (1), 11
DOI 10.1186/s40359-021-00517-6, PubMed 33482927
Patient and Public Involvement in Youth Mental Health Research: Protocol for a Systematic Review of Practices and Impact
Front Psychol, 12, 703624
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.703624, PubMed 34803797
Mediators and theories of change in psychotherapy with adolescents: a systematic review protocol
BMJ Open, 11 (3), e042411
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042411, PubMed 33674369
The first experimental study of transference work-in teenagers (FEST-IT): a multicentre, observer- and patient-blind, randomised controlled component study
BMC Psychiatry, 21 (1), 106
DOI 10.1186/s12888-021-03055-y, PubMed 33596856
Mediators and Theories of Change in Psychotherapy for Young People With Personality Disorders: A Systematic Review Protocol
Front Psychol, 12, 703095
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.703095, PubMed 34616334
Predictors and moderators of outcome of psychotherapeutic interventions for mental disorders in adolescents and young adults: protocol for systematic reviews
Syst Rev, 10 (1), 239
DOI 10.1186/s13643-021-01788-1, PubMed 34462006
Publications 2020
Therapists' Experiences of Psychodynamic Therapy with and without Transference Interventions for Adolescents with Depression
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 17 (13)
DOI 10.3390/ijerph17134628, PubMed 32605079
Affect-Focused Psychodynamic Internet-Based Therapy for Adolescent Depression: Randomized Controlled Trial
J Med Internet Res, 22 (3), e18047
DOI 10.2196/18047, PubMed 32224489
Engaging Children and Young People in Digital Mental Health Interventions: Systematic Review of Modes of Delivery, Facilitators, and Barriers
J Med Internet Res, 22 (6), e16317
DOI 10.2196/16317, PubMed 32442160
Improvement in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Depression: A Qualitative Study of the Patients' Perspective
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 17 (18)
DOI 10.3390/ijerph17186843, PubMed 32961671
Internet-based psychodynamic versus cognitive behaviour therapy for adolescents with depression: study protocol for a non-inferiority randomized controlled trial (the ERiCA study)
Trials, 21 (1), 587
DOI 10.1186/s13063-020-04491-z, PubMed 32600400
Therapeutic Atmosphere in Psychotherapy Sessions
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 17 (11)
DOI 10.3390/ijerph17114105, PubMed 32526849
Erratum: Therapeutic Atmosphere in Psychotherapy Sessions. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 4105
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 17 (14)
DOI 10.3390/ijerph17145241, PubMed 32698533
Core conflictual relationship theme: the reliability of a simplified scoring procedure
BMC Psychiatry, 20 (1), 150
DOI 10.1186/s12888-020-02558-4, PubMed 32252696
Publications 2019
How do adolescents with depression experience improvement in psychodynamic psychotherapy? A qualitative study
BMC Psychiatry, 19 (1), 95
DOI 10.1186/s12888-019-2080-0, PubMed 30898111
Psychodynamic case formulations without technical language: a reliability study
BMC Psychol., 7 (1), 67
DOI 10.1186/s40359-019-0337-5
Psychodynamic case formulations without technical language: a reliability study
BMC Psychol, 7 (1), 67
DOI 10.1186/s40359-019-0337-5, PubMed 31651367
Publications 2018
Recovery and Nonrecovery After Psychotherapy With Transference Interpretation: Two Case Studies
Am J Psychother, 71 (2), 74-86
DOI 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20180014, PubMed 30049221
Patients' Representation of the Therapeutic Dialogue and the Outcome of Therapy
Psychother Psychosom, 88 (1), 39-40
DOI 10.1159/000492618, PubMed 30149384
Assessment of dynamic change in psychotherapy with asdolescents
Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health, 12, 39
DOI 10.1186/s13034-018-0246-z, PubMed 30069230
Empirical support for the psychoanalytic concepts
Lancet Psychiatry, 5 (7), 543-544
DOI 10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30208-6, PubMed 29941134
Publications 2017
Beyond the Statistics: A Case Comparison Study of Victor and Tim
Psychoanal. Psychol., 34 (4), 461-477
DOI 10.1037/pap0000085
Does Insight Mediate Treatment and Enhance Outcome?
Psychoanal. Inq., 37 (3), 140-152
DOI 10.1080/07351690.2017.1285184
Publications 2016
Does Therapists' Disengaged Feelings Influence the Effect of Transference Work? A Study on Countertransference
Clin Psychol Psychother, 24 (2), 462-474
DOI 10.1002/cpp.2015, PubMed 27109315
Therapists' Inadequate Feelings and Long-Term Effect of Transference Work
Psychother Psychosom, 85 (5), 309-10
DOI 10.1159/000444647, PubMed 27513346
Substance abuse and personality disorder comorbidity in adolescent outpatients: are girls more severely ill than boys?
Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health, 10, 8
DOI 10.1186/s13034-016-0096-5, PubMed 27069507
Personality disorders and Axis I comorbidity in adolescent outpatients with ADHD
BMC Psychiatry, 16, 175
DOI 10.1186/s12888-016-0871-0, PubMed 27245754
Relational interventions in psychotherapy: development of a therapy process rating scale
BMC Psychiatry, 16 (1), 310
DOI 10.1186/s12888-016-1021-4, PubMed 27600314
Publications 2015
The Relationship between Personality Disorders and Quality of Life in Adolescent Outpatients
Scand. J. Child Adolesc. Psychiatr. Psychol., 3 (3), 180-189
DOI 10.21307/sjcapp-2015-018
The Effectiveness of Short- and Long-Term Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy on Self-Concept: Three Years Follow-Up of a Randomized Clinical Trial
Int. J. Group Psychother., 65 (3), 363-385
The Effectiveness of Short- and Long-Term Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy on Self-Concept: Three Years Follow-Up of a Randomized Clinical Trial
Int J Group Psychother, 65 (3), 362-85
DOI 10.1521/ijgp.2015.65.3.362, PubMed 26076204
Publications 2014
Long-term effects of analysis of the patient-therapist relationship in the context of patients' personality pathology and therapists' parental feelings
J Consult Clin Psychol, 82 (3), 460-71
DOI 10.1037/a0036410, PubMed 24660675
WHEN IS TRANSFERENCE WORK USEFUL IN PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY? MAIN RESULTS OF THE FIRST EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF TRANSFERENCE WORK (FEST)
Contemp. Psychoanal., 50 (1-2), 156-174
DOI 10.1080/00107530.2014.880314
Transference interventions and the process between therapist and patient
Psychotherapy (Chic), 51 (2), 258-69
DOI 10.1037/a0034708, PubMed 24634996
The effects of the therapist's disengaged feelings on the in-session process in psychodynamic psychotherapy
J Clin Psychol, 70 (5), 440-51
DOI 10.1002/jclp.22088, PubMed 24677205
Manual for Transference Work Scale; a micro-analytical tool for therapy process analyses
BMC Psychiatry, 14, 291
DOI 10.1186/s12888-014-0291-y, PubMed 25404145
Publications 2012
Siblings, friends, and parents: Who are the most important persons for adolescents? A pilot study of Adolescent Relationship Scale
Nord. Psychol., 64 (2), 77-86
DOI 10.1080/19012276.2012.726813
Treatment of adolescents with depression: the effect of transference interventions in a randomized controlled study of dynamic psychotherapy
Trials, 13, 159
DOI 10.1186/1745-6215-13-159, PubMed 22950546
Women respond more favorably to transference intervention than men: a randomized study of long-term effects
J Nerv Ment Dis, 200 (3), 223-9
DOI 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318247cb6d, PubMed 22373759
Publications 2011
Effects of transference work in the context of therapeutic alliance and quality of object relations
J Consult Clin Psychol, 79 (5), 697-706
DOI 10.1037/a0024863, PubMed 21859184
Change in self-protect ion and symptoms after dynamic psychotherapy: the influence of pretreatment motivation
J Clin Psychol, 67 (4), 355-67
DOI 10.1002/jclp.20771, PubMed 21305543
Publications 2010
The mediating role of insight for long-term improvements in psychodynamic therapy
J Consult Clin Psychol, 78 (3), 438-48
DOI 10.1037/a0019245, PubMed 20515219
Publications 2009
From submission to autonomy: approaching independent decision making. A single-case study in a randomized, controlled study of long-term effects of dynamic psychotherapy
Am J Psychother, 63 (3), 227-43
DOI 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2009.63.3.227, PubMed 19845088
Patient sex as moderator of effects of transference interpretation in a randomized controlled study of dynamic psychotherapy
Can J Psychiatry, 54 (2), 78-86
DOI 10.1177/070674370905400205, PubMed 19254438
Do gender and level of relational functioning influence the long-term treatment response in dynamic psychotherapy?
Nord J Psychiatry, 63 (5), 412-9
DOI 10.1080/08039480903009126, PubMed 19513933
Publications 2008
Transference interpretations in dynamic psychotherapy: do they really yield sustained effects?
Am J Psychiatry, 165 (6), 763-71
DOI 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07061028, PubMed 18413707
Publications 1988
Isolated gastric sarcoidosis. Unique remnant of disseminated disease
J Clin Gastroenterol, 10 (3), 327-31
PubMed 2980770